Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports
GLENDALE, Ariz. – In his quest to become just the eighth player in NHL history to score 700 career goals, Alex Ovechkin potted 14 in eight games to take him to 698. In the four games since then, bupkis. But it isn’t for a lack of trying. Like, really, really hard. In those four games, he’s averaged 12 shot attempts per game and playing two and a half minutes more per game than he usually does.
Are Ovechkin and the Capitals pressing a little to get the milestone out of the way?